The Stuttgart Fire Department put out a car fire Friday and before leaving the scene was called to the home next door that was on fire. Both cases were determined to be caused separately and arson was not suspected.

Stuttgart Police Department Ptl. Cody Eason was dispatched to the 500 block of West Ninth at approximately 3:30 a.m. Shortly after the officer’s arrival, SFD arrived and extinguished the car fire.

The caller told police she was purchasing the Nissan SUV from a man, but she didn't know what happened. Her daughter was going to take the vehicle to work and when she walked outside the car was on fire.

While on the scene Arkansas County Sheriff's Department Deputy Nolan Woodell noticed a home on fire.

“After arriving on the scene I noticed the front of the house was on fire and a white male subject was trying to put it out,” Eason wrote in his incident report. The officers got the male subject away from the home and the firefighters took over putting out the flames.

After an investigation the fire was determined to have started inside the wall just east of the front door. A dimmer switch is believed to have gone bad.